PROGRAM
JUNIOR-SOLO
I round:
A) Piece of a lyrical character:
Bloch - Improvisation
Chopin/L. Auer - Nocturne
Glazunov - Meditation
Glazunov - Adagio from ballet “Raymonda”
Glière - Romance
Kabalevsky - Improvisation
Paganini - Cantabile
Rachmaninov - Romance
Rachmaninov - Vocalise
Szymanowski - Nocturne
Shostakovich/A. Tsyganov - Andantino
Shchedrin - In The Style of Albeniz
Tchaikovsky - Melody
Tchaikovsky - Song without words
Wieniawski - Legende
Veracini - Largo
or any other lyrical character piece of participant’s choice
B) Virtuoso piece:
Bartok - Romanian dances
Beriot - Scene de Ballet
Ernst - Othello Fantasy
Kreisler - Sicilienne and Rigaudon
Kreisler - Preludium and Allegro
Paganini - Sonata № 12
Ries - Perpetuum Mobile
Sarasate - Introduction and Tarantella
Vieuxtemps - Ballade et Polonaise
Vieuxtemps - Fantasia appassionata
Vieuxtemps - Rondino
Vitali/L. Charlier - Chaconne
Wieniawski - Scherzo-Tarantelle
Zimbalist – Golden Cockerel Fantasy
or any other virtuoso piece of participant’s choice
II round:
Concerto for violin and orchestra accompanied by piano, I or II and III movements
Bruch - Concert № 1
Kabalevsky - Concert
Khachaturian - Concert
Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole (Any TWO or THREE of five movements)
Mendelssohn - Concert\
Saint-Saëns - Concert № 3
Spohr - Concert № 2
Viotti - Concert № 22;
Vieuxtemps - Concert № 5 (full)
Wieniawski - Concert № 2
or any other concerto of the same difficulties
SENIOR-SOLO
I round:
A) S. Bach for violin solo, one of the following:
- Adagio and Fugue from Sonata № 1 (g-moll, BWV 1001)
- Grave and Fugue from Sonata № 2 (a-moll, BWV 1003)
- Adagio and Fugue from Sonata № 3 (C-dur, BWV 1005)
- Allemande and Double, Courante and Double
or
- Sarabanda and Double, Tempo Di Borea and Double from Partita № 1 (h-moll, BWV 1002)
- Any two movements (Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue)
or
- Chaconne from Partita № 2 (d-moll, BWV 1004)
- Any three movements from Partita № 3 (E-dur, BWV 1006).
B) N. Paganini, one of 24 caprices for violin solo op.1
II round:
A) Any sonata for violin and piano by:
Bartók
Bethoven
Brahms
Debussy
Franck
Janáček
Prokofiev
Ravel
Schnittke
Schubert
Schumann
Shostakovich
Szymanowski
Weinberg
OR ANY OTHER COMPOSER
B) A miniature piece of participant’s choice, solo or with piano (transcriptions are allowed)
C) Virtuoso Piece
Bartók - Rhapsody № 1, 2
Chausson - Poéme
Hubay - Carmen Fantasy
Paganini - I Palpiti
Paganini - Witches’ Dance
Ravel - Tzygane
Saint-Saëns - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Saint-Saëns - Havanaise
Saint-Saëns - Etude in the Form of a Waltz
Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
Sarasate - Caprice Basque
Schubert - Rondo
Tchaikovsky - Valse Scherzo
Waxman - Carmen Fantasy
Wieniawski - Polonaise in D-dur or A-dur
Wieniawski - Variations on an Original Theme
Wieniawski - Fantasy on Themes from “Faust”
Ysaÿe - Any of the six sonatas for solo violin
or any other virtuoso piece of participant’s choice
III round:
I. First movement with Cadenza of any of W.A. Mozart violin concertos
II. Concerto for violin and orchestra
Beethoven
Brahms
Dvořak
Glazunov
Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole (all movements)
Mendelssohn
Paganini - № 1
Prokofiev - № 1, 2
Shostakovich - № 1
Sibelius
Tchaikovsky
or any other violin concerto of participant’s choice